# New York twins returned to legal parents after nearly three years in foster care

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mom-of-thirteen-who-had-twins-in-her-late-60s-had-them-stripped-from-her-after-her-dark-secret-was-exposed-now-shes-taken-cruel-revenge-on-kindly-foster-parents-who-took-the-babies-in/
- Published: 2026-11-07T00:33:38+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:47:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16272407/Mom-twins-late-60s-dark-secret-revenge-foster-parents.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Foster parents lose custody of twins they raised from birth.
- A judge recognised the Lewises as the children’s legal parents.
- The case centres on an alleged forged surrogacy agreement.

## Summary

A New York couple who fostered twins from birth say they are heartbroken after a court ordered the children returned to their legal parents, MaryBeth and Bob Lewis. The case has drawn attention because MaryBeth, now 69, allegedly arranged a surrogacy using donor embryos and forged her husband’s signature without his consent.

Allan and Bri cared for the twins for nearly three years and hoped to adopt them; they say the children became close to their teenage sons. The twins were moved in September to live with the Lewises, who already had 13 children together. Bob had reported his wife to authorities, but later dropped the charges, and a judge ruled the Lewises were the twins’ legal parents; the foster parents say they are exploring further legal options.

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